Friday, June 10, 2011

14 Freelance translation is not a real job

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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Well, that's not Italy for sure! ;)

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  2. JamyJune 10, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    When I grow up, I want to be like this translator. To be honest, I already make six figures (in usd, not eur) and I work on my pajamas, but I have yet to learn how to reply impolite/ignorant people :)

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  3. Rose - German to English TranslatorJune 11, 2011 at 3:23 AM

    Oh, Alejandro... Yes. I really wish I had said this when my grandmother's neighbour raised her eyebrow at me - half pity, half disdain - at my grandfather's funeral, when I said what I did for a living. I get the feeling she was thinking the above, but thought it wasn't quite the time or place to discuss.
    It is a bit of a weird job though, isn't it? People email us things, we email things back in a different language, we email a bill, and money magically appears in my bank account...

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  4. Rose - German to English TranslatorJune 11, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    (well, money appears in the respective bank account... it would be wonderful, of course, if it all just appeared in mine, as is implied above...)

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  5. Kevin LossnerJune 12, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    AMEN!!! Thank you for this one!!! But on really hot days we can skip the pajamas for work....

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  6. Lisa @ IntralingoJune 13, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Just hilarious... even if we do have to work now and then for those six figures. ;-)

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  7. Judy Jenner and Dagmar JennerJune 13, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    Awesome; we love it! BTW -- Judy showed your cartoons during workshops in Scotland and Ireland, and needless to say, they were very popular. Agreed with @Kevin: sometimes you have to work in a bikini. :)

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  8. ClaudioPorcellanaJune 14, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    LOL
    cool!

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  9. AnonymousJuly 11, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Sweet! I got this cartoon on the farewell card from my in-house job.

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  10. Aga GordonJuly 13, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    Haha excellent piece as usual:) I agree with all except for the garment - dislike pyjamas in general so would definitely prefer bikini;)

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  11. FrancescoJuly 15, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    Well, in Italy you can forget about the six figures unless you run an agency (in which case you can also forget the pajamas) :D but you can stil earn enough for a decent living ;-)

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  12. Korean translationAugust 1, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    I'm sorry but who's the guy on the right? A translator? If this is a joke, I didn't quite get it.

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2012 at 9:27 AM

    "raised her eyebrow at me - half pity, half disdain"... yeah, that's the reaction you usually get. I used the argue before, but now I just smile back.

    However, six figures is not the amount you get in Russia, but the revenue is still quite good

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  14. MaNovember 13, 2013 at 6:17 PM

    6 figures!? How?!

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